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chain smoker
chain-smoke (chān′smōk′)v. chain-smoked, chain-smok·ing, chain-smokes v.intr. To smoke continually, as by lighting the next cigarette from the previous one.v.tr. To smoke (cigarettes, for example) in continuing succession.
chain smoker n.Translationschain smoker
chain smokerA person who smokes cigarettes continuously, such that they begin a new cigarette as (or almost as) soon as the last one is extinguished. My grandmother died of emphysema after being a chain smoker for most of her adult life.See also: chain, smokerchain smokerOne who smokes continually by lighting a new cigarette from the one being finished, as in Before they forbade smoking, bridge tournaments often attracted players who are chain smokers . [c. 1930] See also: chain, smokerchain-smoker n. someone who smokes cigarette after cigarette. She was a chain-smoker for thirty years, and then suddenly, boom. She’s gone. ThesaurusSeechain-smoke |